idlerig's comments

There isn't, just inserting politics into a discussion on principles.

Small distraction, entering the year first is preferred for vehicles, as manufacturers changed names (Nissan/Datsun) or were discontinued (Saturn, Pontiac) after known years.

This. I have to fill out a form that requires uses the ZIP code to look up cit(ies) and state, but often has multiple options for county, which I have to look up in a separate tab independently. It's not the huge time saver it should be... unless we start including ZIP+4, but I couldn't even tell you my own address with +4.

IIRC, similar complaints are what eventually led to rolling-code and other more secure signaling applications for garage door openers-- too much unexpected behavior near military airports.

If CAT scan imagery exists, I suppose this sort of image processing shouldn't be impossible to do-- though I readily admit I have no idea what the logic behind it might look like without some sort of wavelength-based filtering that would make a photographer shudder.

I couldn't help but be reminded of the opening scene in the Brenden Frasier classic The Mummy.

"Aziz! Light!~"

Antibiotic free meat is the latest advertising trend in the US, now that the FDA has explicitly banned its use.

My experience with weighted blankets was uncomfortable back pain, due to the inevitable shift of the blankets off my chest and around my waist. My I moved from my back to each of my shoulders through the night, hips were effectively pinned into position. We returned the blanket after a week or two.

I feel like this is something that a good pharmacist could have helped call out. Still, they're kind of the last resort in these things, and you won't always hear the "real" side effects unless you ask them (and they may know better than the doctor. Glad to hear you're getting closer to okay.

This is exactly what happened in the McDonald's "hot coffee" lawsuit. It wasn't some "Karen" who hit a bump while driving. It was an elderly woman (in her 70s, IIRC), sitting in the passenger seat.

McDonalds already had complaints (and some lawsuits) over the (significantly higher than industry standard) temperature of their coffee, so this wasn't exactly out of the blue.

She ended up with 3rd degree burns on her legs and crotch. She asked only for her medical bills to be paid. McDonald's refused, so she eventually took them to court. Even then, she only asked for medical bills (and now legal expenses).

The jury decided that McDonalds was not only liable for those costs, but had treated the woman so poorly that they should pay punitive damages. The massive amount you heard about in the news was based on the amount of money McDonalds makes selling coffee in one day.

But that's not the story that was spread by the shills...

The truth is that there is no gray zone. Marijuana, until otherwise classified by the FDA, is illegal.

Many states have decriminalized it, meaning that they have effectively nullified the federal regulations-- though not technically the legislation, as none [that I'm aware of] exists.

Like immigration, the federal government chooses to enforce (under Trump) or ignore (under Obama) sections of federal legislation and regulation as they see fit.

I'd personally feel much more comfortable if everyone was subject to the same laws, as selective enforcement can quickly lead to corruption where one group is punished, while the other is ignored.